Domestic Violence against Women in Ghana: The Attitudes of Men toward Wife-Beating

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dc.contributor.authorOsei-Tutu, E.M.
dc.contributor.authorAmpadu, E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-02T11:13:00Z
dc.date.available2023-11-02T11:13:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the issue of domestic violence against women; specifically, men’s attitudes toward wife beating. The data used was obtained from the 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). The results presented in this study come from a total 3,052 males from across all the 10 regions in Ghana. It is interesting to note that, although majority of the participants do not endorse wife beating, there was a significant number of these men who thought wife beating was justified for various reasons. That is, the attitude of men toward wife beating is complex to explain as the participants had divergent views regarding the issue. For example, while some were of the opinion that wife beating is justified, others thought otherwise. The results also established that there is a direct relationship between men’s level of education and their attitudes toward wife beating. That is, those who were highly educated did not endorse wife beating as compared to those who were not highly educated. Furthermore, men who were in consensual unions or customary marriages were found to be in favour of wife-beating as compared to their counterparts in other types of marriage. It is therefore recommended that institutions that could help reduce domestic violence particularly wife beating in Ghana such as, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, and the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) will need to focus their attention on men with relatively low education as well as those in consensual and customary marriages.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/40591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of International Women's Studiesen_US
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectWife beatingen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.titleDomestic Violence against Women in Ghana: The Attitudes of Men toward Wife-Beatingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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